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Method

Put all the ingredients into a saucepan with 1 litre water and bring slowly to a simmer, making sure all the sugar has been completely dissolved. Turn down the heat and simmer for 20 mins. Leave to cool, then strain through a very fine sieve.

Sterilise your bottles by washing them in hot soapy water, rinsing well, then drying them in a warm oven. Meanwhile, rewarm the syrup until just hot, then pour into the bottles while still hot and seal.

Before giving away, add labels with serving instructions: Heat 400ml syrup with 750ml red wine or cider and some slices of orange or apple. Syrup will keep in a cool, dark place for up to 3 months.

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Comments, questions and tips

This was great and really easy to make, although the straining was a bit of a faff! I used demerara sugar per a previous comment and added some star anise into the mix. It was well received by all the recipients - we ended up making a dozen bottles as gifts!

ameynert

25th Nov, 2014

5.05

Mine came out cloudy too, but with all the juice I got out of the oranges I'm not surprised. I added a couple of whole star anise and did the orange zest. I filtered with a doubled muslin in a fine sieve. Ikea sell some quite nice 1L bottles that hold a double batch perfectly (mine was a touch over 800mL) and are much cheaper than Lakeland.

rachaelyoung

28th Dec, 2013

5.05

This was a really great way of preparing for christmas guests way ahead of time, super easy to just throw together with some red wine and heat! will certainly be on my list for next year

lodikay

30th Nov, 2013

Although I haven't yet tried this in wine, the taste of the neat product is amazing! It was a breeze to do and made the house smell divine. As others have stated, not really a syrup, but calling it mulling water doesn't sound quite as appealing! I doubled up the recipe with no issue, but it took longer to reduce. I also zested one of the oranges and added that to the mix, as well as squeezing the juice out of them before straining. I used Demerara sugar to add colour and I used a fine sieve and two layers of muslin to strain the liquid. Although it doesn't quite have the clarity of the bottle in the picture, it looks very attractive. As an added bonus I removed the flesh from the cooked oranges (and ate most of it - yum!) then cut up the skins, coated them in sugar and dried them in a very low oven for a couple of hours to make candied peel!

bluefish7204

12th Jan, 2013

5.05

Made this for the first time this Christmas and will definitely be making it again. Like others have said before me, it's not a syrup...more like flavoured water, but I'll never buy shop bought again. Agree that squeezing the oranges in is a good idea. Decanted into 400ml bottles and used one bottle per one bottle of cheaper red wine - bliss.

sarahsutton

9th Jan, 2013

5.05

Made some bottles of this for Christmas gifts, really easy and tasty. Had 1 bottle left and added some of it to a chopped apple and dried fruit, stewed it up and served it as a winter spiced fruit compote with thick yoghurt, worked really well.

juliemcgarvey

26th Dec, 2012

5.05

Never made mulled wine before! This was simple and extremely delicious and smelled amazing! Didn't look like photo but as presents, it was still prefect! Recipe for me made 2 bottles of 400 ml!

highwaycrossingfrog

18th Dec, 2012

3.05

Firstly, this is not a syrup! I simmered at a high level and ended up with about 400 ml of flavoured water. Being concerned that the wine would be too diluted I further reduced to about 200 ml to intensify the flavour, which produced a slightly sticky liquid that could loosely be termed syrup. I squeezed the oranges before straining as some have suggested and also added the orange zest at the start. It does look very much like the picture and I'm fairly pleased with the taste but have yet to mix it with wine.

zsuzsibuvar

10th Dec, 2012

I will serve this in my son's school's Christmas concert and of course had to try beforehand, oh boy! The PSA will do a lot of money this year :)))

lizleicester

4th Dec, 2012

4.05

Used a couple of large pinches of ground allspice in the absence of whole berries. Made it after work and so left it overnight to cool and infuse and although not very syrupy, the flavour is lovely and I've re-cycled a selection of smallish bottles and made them look Christmassy!

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Hello,
After reading some comment complaining about the consistency & as per other syrup recipes (including on this site), I was wondering if doubling the amount of sugar (to balance the amount of liquid) would be a good idea?
Thanks for your help.

goodfoodteam

18th Jan, 2016

Hello. After reading the comments we would stick with Lulu's recipe, as overall there are no complaints about the taste of it. We think you will make the mulled wine too sweet by adding more sugar. Also several people said they squeezed their oranges into the syrup which will add more flavour, but thin the consistency. Hope this helps.

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